The Road Toad Starts Today!

[viclioce]

Hey what's the name of that rust and bolt release stuff everyone here seems to like? Can't remember the name & im atcthexleftat parts store now. ; D Victor

[matt glascock]

Kano Kroil works great. I have yet to try Acetone/ATF 50:50 blend.

[rtboone]

Ed. You can make one & send it to me? LOL! I only have one piston to go for now! Would have been handy 3 Pistons ago! : D Victor

Victor
All you need to do to get a tool similar to Ed's, is to go to the nearest music store and get one of these. It will give you a different way to "tune" your engine.

Tom

[bchappy]

Necessity is the father of invention.

[Dale]

One other question. Is the kick start lever mounted correctly? It looks odd to me, but I never saw it mounted. I know it's the correct one as I checked the parts list both in my book & on line. But it sure looks like it is positioned back too far.

; D Victor

Just pivot the kick lever forward...

[viclioce]

Yeah I kinda figured that one out too! LOL! ; D Victor

[viclioce]

Bill! Does it have to be an E320 or will an A440 work too? LOL!!! ; D Victor

[matt glascock]

Depends if you are setting up for trials or flat track respectively:lol:

[rtboone]

Bill! Does it have to be an E320 or will an A440 work too? LOL!!! ; D Victor

I would highly recommend the C 512 tuning fork.
This will help in avoiding "flats" caused by " sharp" objects.

Tom

[matt glascock]

naturally

[viclioce]

Well you guys gave orchestrated good reasons for the tuning fork! ; D Victor

[matt glascock]

I'm not trying to blow my own horn here, but I could string this along forever.

[viclioce]

Help!!!!! I need another piston for this second motor! SH says they are out of Wiseco 100cc Pistons for my Road Toads! Who has anything which will work? I'm getting a bit Desparate here!!! A Model 99/01/02 piston wil work. Even used! I need a .020 over size. ; D Victor

[viclioce]

Obtained a replacement cylinder today. The one with the buggered exhaust bridge can sit under my work bench until I need a bigger bore. Now back to building.

I feel stupid for having beat up that bridge. But hey Ed. I will volunteer to be your "Dentist" if you want to come down to Santa Fe. ; p Victor

[Bullfrog]

Um, I don't think the Dremel is the right tool for that work either, so thanks for the offer - but I think I'll pass.
Ed

[viclioce]

But Ed. I don't just have a dremel, I have picks and scrapers and drills and teeth whitners and pliers too!!! All you have to do is open your mouth. ; p Victor

[taber hodaka]

Boy am I going to keep my mouth shut!---------Clarence

[admin]

Bless your heart Victor!!

[hodakamax]

YIKES!

Maxie

[michael_perrett]

Do you do root canals?

Mike Perrett
ECHJYA pension fund manager

[viclioce]

No but I do roof canals! LOL!!! ; D Victor

[viclioce]

Waiting for cylinder #2 to arrive. Spoke in detail with Danny yesterday. Seems I need more tools than I am equipped with when up against issues like these.... Muddle onward.... Muddle onward. ; D Victor

[viclioce]

Got the cylinder. Did the relief work on the exhaust bridge & painted the cylinder. Gotta go back to the mail box and see if the new rings came. ; D Victor

[viclioce]

Parts have been trickling in. I got a top rod bearing today. I still need a set of .020 rings for a 50.50mm bore cylinder. I can't seem to find anyone with a correct set.

I got a set that were in a box marked 50mm .020. But when I took them out they were as big in diameter as the outer sleeve of the cylinder skirt! So they must have been in the wrong box.

In fact I may keep them for my Wombat. They were the same size as the left over bottom ring I had for my Wombat which is also .020 over. Never know.

So if anyone knows where I can get a set of 50.50mm .020 rings for the RT let me know. I see them on some sites with piston sets for top end rebuild kits, but not just a set of rings. ; D Victor

[viclioce]

I need to get finished with this first Road Toad. I put Yanabond between the case halves because it was so highly recommended. I read someone said spread it on thinly, with a knife. So I did. I guess it was too thin. The bike sat for a while, with the motor on the frame, during the exhaust bridge fiasco and all, or most of the oil has leaked out.
I sealed the Model 94 bottom end with RTV. It hasn't leake a drop of oil in over a years time.

Someone please tell me how thick a bead of Yamabond is actually needed to make a good, leakproof seal! I don't want to be pulling motors repeatedly because the case seal isn't working. Thanks. ; D Victor